Thesaurus results for FOCUSING

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adjective

variants also focussing

as in optical

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focusing

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verb

variants also focussing

present participle of focus

as in concentrating

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective try to focus your attention on the task at hand

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Recent Examples of focusing

Verb

Simply put, a taker who has the luxury of focusing 100 per cent on the ball while making contact with it will kick it with more precision. — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 14 July 2026 Instead of focusing on mining, the project strengthens refining capacity, allowing more defense-grade materials to be processed domestically. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 Earlier this year, two cases sidestepped Section 230 to hold Meta and YouTube liable for harms against their users by focusing on the companies’ design choices. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Those who want to preserve the historic relationship urge looking beyond the label and focusing on the fact that a significant majority of Jews are aligned in their support for traditional tenets of Zionism. — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026 Southworth started focusing more specifically on civility, decency, and politeness after COVID, when many employees were fleeing the hospitality industry—all while the membership at their clubs was doubling. — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 One way to do this is by focusing on those already in training — pathology residents who are just beginning their careers. — Gregory McDonald, STAT, 13 July 2026 Apart from focusing on his mental and physical well-being, Cooke is diving head (and heart) first into all things Summer House, after filming for season 11 kicked off July Fourth weekend. — Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Many people prefer whole-wheat pasta to increase their fiber intake, support digestive and heart health, and improve the overall nutrient quality of their diet, rather than focusing primarily on protein. — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 8 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for focusing

Adjective

There will be no food court, no pharmacy, no optical center, no electronics, no furniture, no gardening supplies, no clothing and no tire shop.

— Eric Adler July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Advances in hybrid bonding now allow electronic and photonic chiplets to be manufactured separately, then integrated into a single optical engine that sits beside GPUs or switches.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026

Definition of optical

Verb

The company sold its once-extensive downtown Des Moines office complex in 2025, concentrating its workers at the Jordan Creek facility.

— Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026
Michelle Pfeiffer’s return to series television after years of concentrating on feature films and her family has paid off in a big way.

— Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of concentrating

Adjective

No area of the brain was spared from the shrinkage, but the change was especially pronounced in the optic lobes and the optic tract—the bundles of nerves that carry visual signals to the brain—with reductions of 52% and 62% respectively.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026
And to prevent knock-offs, the collectible will feature the company’s new authentication packaging via its partnership with Octane5 and use micro-optic technology.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026

Definition of optic

Verb

The biggest news going into the second week of this year’s riveting French Open?

— Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 June 2026
Pomona native and Cal Poly grad who flew Navy F-18s successfully launches as pilot of NASA’s riveting Artemis II mission around the moon, the first such voyage since the Apollo program in 1972.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of riveting

Adjective

In 2022, just after the raids, Chris Donaldson was diagnosed with ocular cancer, which later metastasized to his liver.

— Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
Different genes for different cytokines, growth factors or other proteins could be swapped in to target specific diseases of the ocular surface, potentially extending the approach beyond corneal wounds to chronic inflammatory conditions.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026

Definition of ocular

Adjective

Bands perform as the peaceful crowd saunters, with the visual entertainment of beefy men cooking barbecue on giant grills.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The deployment aims to reduce the time required for general visual inspections while improving consistency across repetitive maintenance tasks.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026